What are the causes of human trafficking?
Women are trafficked primarily to be sexually exploited by men, and the link between trafficking and prostitution is inextricable. “[T]he male demand for the sex of prostitution is the most immediate cause of the expansion of the sex industry without which it would be highly unprofitable for pimps and traffickers to seek out a supply of women. It is indisputable that a prostitution market without male consumers would go broke.” The universal use of and demand for prostitutes provides traffickers with an opportunity to make money by turning women into commodities. Men who traffik women are often involved in organised crime, and trafficking is merely one other avenue of criminal activity. The number of men using prostitutes has doubled over the last decade, thus creating greater demand. Men use prostitutes for a number of reasons, for example if they have difficulties in forming relationships or are lonely; they want to experiment sexually or want escapism; they have a desire to exert po
